Past winners of the Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes will be held Saturday at the Pimlico Race Course in Maryland.
American Pharoah, the Kentucky Derby winner, has been given 2-3 odds to win the second leg of the Triple Crown. The horse's jockey, Victor Espinoza, also was the jockey for last year's Preakness winner, California Chrome.
Firing Line and Dortmund, which finished second and third at the Derby, are also in this year's Preakness. According to NBC Sports, this will be only the 13th time in the past 35 years that the top three finishers at the Derby also race the Preakness. The Derby winner has won each time.
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For more background on past races, here is a list of the past 35 Preakness champions.
2014 - California Chrome
2013 - Oxbow
2012 - I'll Have Another
2011 - Shackleford
2010 - Lookin At Lucky
2009 - Rachel Alexandra
2008 - Big Brown
2007 - Curlin
2006 - Bernardini
2005 - Afleet Alex
2004 - Smarty Jones
2003 - Funny Cide
2002 - War Emblem
2001 - Point Given
2000 - Red Bullet
1999 - Charismatic
1998 - Real Quiet
1997 - Silver Charm
1996 - Louis Quatorze
1995 - Timber Country
1994 - Tabasco Cat
1993 - Prairie Bayou
1992 - Pine Bluff
1991 - Hansel
1990 - Summer Squall
1989 - Sunday Silence
1988 - Risen Star
1987 - Alysheba
1986 - Snow Chief
1985 - Tank's Prospect
1984 - Gate Dancer
1983 - Deputed Testamony
1982 - Aloma's Ruler
1981 - Pleasant Colony
1980 - Codex
1979 - Spectacular Bid
1978 - Affirmed
1977 - Seattle Slew
1976 - Elocutionist
1975 - Master Derby
1974 - Little Current
1973 - Secretariat
1972 - Bee Bee Bee
1971 - Canonero II
1970 - Personality
